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7 E. a. HEENE. EMPLUYEES TIME RECORDER.

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EDWARD G. I-IEENE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE EMPIRE TIME RECORDER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,433, dated July 16, 1901 Application filed October 31, 1896. Serial No, 610,785- (No model.)

To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. HEENE, of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Employees Time -Recorders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in employees time-recorders having not only an hour-recording wheel and a minute-recording wheel, but also a day-recording wheel, so that the day, hour, and minute of the arrival and departure of workmen or employees are recorded; and my invention relates more especially to that variety of time-recording mechanism by which each workman or employee will by his own act accurately record the time of his arrival and departure, and for which mechanism each employee has his own key and is known by an arbitrary number or character upon the key and inserts the key into the machine preparatory to recording the time, and when he has properly inserted the key the aforesaid arbitrary number or character is upon the printing-line, and the arrangement of parts is such that through the agency of a platen or hammer and inking ribbon and strip of record -receiving material in proper juxtaposition and all actuated by the key the time of the operator or employee and the number of arbitrary characters borne by his key shall be printed upon said strip and the strip and ribbon shall be moved or shifted a suitable distance preparatory to the printing operation.

In addition to providing a suitably-operated day-recording wheel the main object of my invention is to simplify the construction of machines of the characterindicated and to render the same more durable, useful, and reliable.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a front side elevation, in vertical section, taken next to the rear side of the forward wall or plate A of the machine. Fig. II is a right-hand side elevation. Fig. III is a righthand side elevation, mostly in central vertical section. lhe operating-key is shown inserted in Figs. I and III. Fig. IV is a top the minute-wheel.

plan. Fig. V is an elevation, partly in vertical section, showing the hour-wheel and the mechanism for intermittently actuating said Wheel. Fig. VI is an elevation, partly in section, showing the day-wheel and mechanism instrumental in intermittently actuating said wheel. Fig. VII is a view in perspective of the operating-key detached. Fig. VIII is an elevation illustrating the operation of dog or latch Q. Fig. IX is a detail sectional elevation on the line 2 2 looking in the direction of the arrows 2 2, Fig. IV. Fig. X is a detail sectional elevation on the line 3 3 looking in the direction of the arrows 8 3, Fig. IV. Fig. XI is a sectional plan on the line 4: 4, Fig. I, looking in the direction of the arrows 4. 4. Fig. XII 'is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the construction of the mechanism for actuating Fig. XIII representsan enlarged sectional view in detail of the boX or hub for the reception of the operating-key, and Fig. XIV is a view showing a portion of the printed record strip ortape.

The mechanism of my improved machine is in the main supported from and between two upright plates or walls A and B, (see Figs. I, II, III, and IV,) arranged a suitable distance apart and at the forward side and rear side, respectively, of the machine. Plates A and B at their upper ends are connected together andbraced apart by a horizontally-arranged frame O. Said plates or walls at their lower ends are connected together and braced apart by two rods D, arranged horizontally and a suitable distance apart.

An upright suitably-supported shaft E leads from and is operatively connected with clock work. (Not shown.) Said shaft when 0 operated is rotated continuously in one direction. Said shaft has bearing at or near its lower end in the rear portion of frame C (see Fig. III) and extends through and below said frame at the machines rear side. 5 A bevel-gear E is operatively mounted upon the lower end of said shaft E and meshes with a bevel-gear F, that is loosely mounted upon the horizontally-arranged shaft F, (see Fig. III,) that extends forwardly and rearwardly of the machine below the rear portion of frame 0 and is supported at its rear end from the rear plate or wall B and at its forward end from a bracket or hanger C, depending from and rigid with frame C. A spur-gear f is rigid. with bevel-gear F and meshes with a spur-gear G, loosely mounted upon a cylindrical rod or pin g, that is arranged horizontally a suitable distance below and parallel with shaft F. Rod or pin 9 at its rear end is supported from the maehines rear plate or wall 13 and at its forward end is rigidly secured to the upright post H, that near its lower end is connected with the rear plate or wall B through the instrumentality of pin or rod g. The minute-recording wheel g is operatively connected or rigid with spur gear g and bears upon its peripheral surface type 9 for printing characters indicative of the minutes of the hours of a day upon the record-receiving band or strip I of paper or other suitable material fed below the lower extremity of said wheel and underneath the inking-ribbon J, that is fed next below said wheels lower extremity, between the latter and the record-receiving strip. The inking-ribbon Jis attached at its opposite ends to bobbins or drums J J respectively, (see Figs. I and IV,) that are arranged horizontally and parallel with shaft F and rod or pin 9 and at the left hand side and right-hand side, respectively, of the machine. Each of said ribbon-bearing bobbins or drums is operatively mounted upon a shaft J, extending between and supported from the walls or plates A and B. The lower end of post H terminates in a horizontally-arranged cylindrical member or box h. (See Figs. III and IV.) A stationary collar h is mounted upon the forward end of said box and is provided with two rearwardly-projecting lugs 7L (see Fig. IV,) arranged at opposite sides, respectively, of the aforesaid box. Two horizontally-arranged and parallel rods or bars J extend rearwardly and forwardly of the machine and are supported at their forward ends from the different lugs 71. and 71. respectively, and are supported at their rear ends from a bracket B, rigid with wallorplateB. Rods orbars J 'J are arranged at opposite sides, respectively, of the printing-line and fornrguides for the inking-ribbon in the passage of the latter below the recording-wheels,whieh ribbon passes below the aforesaid guiding bars or rods. Two other rods or bars I I are arranged below and in suitable proximity to and parallel with the different rods or bars J J, respectively, and guide the record-reeeivingstrip during thelatters passage below the inking-ribbon from the supply drum or bobbin 1 to the feed-rollers 1 The said bars or rods 1 are supported at their forward ends from lugs Wof collar 71 and at their rear ends from bracket The supply drum or bobbin 1 is suitablysupported, in the ease illustrated, at the left-hand side of the machine from the board a, that forms a portion of the case (the'reinainder whereof is not shown) in which the time-recording mechanism and operating clockwork are placed, and the rear plate or wall 13 of the time-recording mechanism is secured in any approved manner to the forward side of said board. The feed-rollers 1 I are arranged horizontally and forwardly and rearwardly of the machine at the latters righthand side, and are, furthermore, arranged one above the other. The record-receiving strip passes between said rollers, and one of the latter is preferably milled or knurled, as at I", to facilitate the feeding operation and render said operation positive.

Bevel-gear F and spur-gearf have in common a forwardly-extending hub f (see Fi 1H,) and said hub at its forward end is provided with a forwardly-projecting lug or member f (see Figs. III, V, and XXL) that extends into a chamber F formed in the hub of a disk F and is adapted to come into engagement with a lug or shoulderf", (see Fig. XIL) formed internally of said chamber, and thereby rotate disk F". Disk F is adapted to actuate the hour-recording wheel G, as will hereinafterappear. An arm F is operatively mounted upon or fixed to the rear end of shaft F at the rear side of plate or wall 15. f designates the weight formed upon the outer end of said arm F The hour-wheel bears upon its peripheral surface type-gear G for imprinting upon the record-receiving strip characters indicative of the hours of a day. The hour-wheel is provided with twelve type-bearing places (see Fig. V) for imprinting the different hours, respectively, of the first half and last half of the day. The type bearing places are of course arranged equidistant. Disk F actuates the hourwheel through the medium of a notched wheel G that is arranged below said disk and operatively connected or rigid with the hourwheel. The hour-wheel and wheel G2 have their axes coincident and are loosely mounted upon pin or rod g. Nhoel G2 is provided upon its periphery with twelve radially-ar ranged notches or recesses G arranged equidistant, and said notches or recesses are adapted to be engaged consecutively by a pin or member F formed upon and projecting radially from the periphery of disk F. Said disk F", adjacent to its projecting pin or member F, (see Fig. V,) is cutaway, as atf", to accommodate the formation and operation of said projecting member. The arrangement of parts is such and the parts are so timed that the minute wheel shall make one rotation during each hour of the day; that the l1ourwheel-actuating disk F shall remain idle during the first half or portion of each rotation of the minute-wheel until the forwardly-projecting lug or member f of the hub of gears f and F shall come into engagement with the internal shoulder f on the hub of disk F as shown in Fig. V, whereupon said forwardly-projecting member f shall effect the rotation of the hour-wheel-actuating disk and weight-bearing shaft and shall rotate said disk and shaft until the weights center of gravity has passed over and across the shafts axis, whereupon the gravity of the weight shall cause the weight to suddenly drop, and thereby continue the rotation of the shaft and hour-wheel-actuating disk; that when the weight has moved over the shaft and just before the dropping of said weight the projecting pin or member F of the hour-wheel actuating disk shall have been brought into the required proximity to the next succeeding notch in the periphery of the notched wheel, so that when the weight drops said projecting member of the hour-wheel-actuating disk shall enter the aforesaid notch in the notched wheel and shall actuate said notched wheel the distance required to bring the next succeeding type-bearing portion of the hourwheel upon the printing-line in position for printing, and consequently said hour-wheel- 'actuating disk shall make a complete rotation once during each rotation'of the minutewheel. I would also remark that a collar F (see Figs. III and V,) having an external and laterally projecting arm f is operatively mounted upon shaft F at the rear of bevelgear F below the bevel-gear E, and the shaft E below said last-mentioned gearis provided with a laterally-extending arm e, and the parts are so arranged-that when the weightbearing arm F of shaft F shall come into position directly above the shaft the arm 6 upon the lower end of shaft E shall have just advanced forward of the revolving arm f", that shall have come into position rearward of said revolving arm 6', as shown in dotted lines, Fig. V, and said arm 8 shall act as a guard to prevent the weighted arm fro m dropping until the latter has come into the position required, at which the drop shall com mence. By this construction it will be observed that the weight will drop at exactly the same moment during each rotation of the hour-wheel-actuating disk, and consequently the hour-wheel will be actuated the exact distance required during each hour of the day and always bring the next succeeding printing-type in the position required for printing. The periphery of thenotched wheel G2 between the notches is preferably somewhat concave circumferentially to facilitate the location of the hour-wheel-actuatiug disk without interfering with an effective operative connection between said disk and the notched wheel when the projecting pin or member F of the hour-wheel-actuating disk shall have come into engagement with a notch G3 in said notched wheel.

Another disk G, of substantially the same construction, but diametrically larger than the hour-wheel-actuating disk F is operatively connected with the hour-wheel and attached notched wheel. Said disk G is arranged forward of the notched wheel G upon rod or pin 9, and has its axis coincident with the axes of the hour-wheel and attached notched wheel. Disk G is arranged, furthermore, below a notched wheel K, that is substantially the same in construction, but diametrically smaller and has a less number of notches than the notched wheel attached to the hour-wheel. A spur-gear K, that has its axis coincident with the axis of said notched wheel K, is operatively connected with and arranged forward of said notched wheel. Said spur-gear and attached notched wheel are supported from the depending members 0 of frame 0. Spur-gear K meshes with a diametrically larger spur-gear L, operatively connected with or formed upon the day-wheel L, that is loosely mounted upon pin or rod g, forward of disk G The daywheel L bears upon its peripheral surface type Z for imprinting upon the record-receiving strip characters indicative of the first halves and last halves of the different days ofa week. Said day-wheel is therefore provided with fourteen type-bearing places arranged equidistant. (See Fig. VI.) Seven of said type-bearing places are for printing characters indicative of A. M., and the remaining seven type-bearing places are for printing characters indicative of P. M., and the forenoon-printing and afternoonprinting portions of the day-wheel are arranged alternately. The day-wheel-actuating disk G as already indicated, is (see Fig. VI) provided upon or atits periphery with a radially-projecting pin or member g adapted to engage consecutively seven notches or recesses 7c, formed equidistant and in the periphery of wheel K. Disk G adjacent to its projecting member is cut away, as at g, to accommodate the formation and operation of said projecting member, and the periphery of notched wheel K between the notches is preferably somewhat concave circumferentially to facilitate the location of the daywheel-actuatin g disk without interfering with an effective operative connection between the said disk and the said notched wheel when the projecting pin or member g of the daywheel-actuating disk shall have come into engagement with a notch 7c in said notched wheel. The pin or projecting member 9 of the day-wheel-actuating disk being operatively connected with the hour-wheel makes one revolution during each rotation of said hour-wheel. Consequentlytheintermittentlyactuated notched wheel K is given one-seventh of a rotation during each rotation of the hour-wheel or every twelve hours, and makes one complete rotation during seven consecutive rotations of the hour-wheel, and it therefore follows that the spur-gear attached to the day-wheel must be twice as large diametrically as the spur-gear attached to the notched wheel K in order to give the daywheel a complete rotation during every seven days. The intermittently-rotated day-wheel is given fourteen equal fractional turns during the week, or two equal fractional turns every twenty-four hours, or one fractional turn every twelve hours or half-day, and the arrangement of parts is such and the parts are so timed that at the commencement of the A. M., or first half of each day, the daywheels type-bearing portion that is adapted to imprint a character indicative of said half of said dayis brought upon the printing-line in position for printing, and said wheels typebearingportion thatis adapted to print a charact-er indicative of the P. M., or last half of said day, shall be brought in position for printing at the commencement of said half of said day.

It will be perceived from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, that the relative proportions of the actuating mechanism may be stated as follows: The horizontal bevel-gear E, connected with the motor,and the bevel-face gear F rotate synchronously, each being provided with thirty teeth. The gear f, twice the diameter of the face-gear carried by it, is provided with sixty teeth,and in engagement with the gear-wheel g", of equal diameter and gear therewith, so that the minute-register wheel rotates identical therewith and completes the revolution in one hour. The disk F by reason of its relative connection with the gearf', at each complete revolution rotates the hour timewheel one-twelfth of its rotation and correspondingly rotates the disk Gr until the radial pin therein rotates the notched disk K one-seventh of its circumference, whereby the gear-wheel K is correspondingly rotated, and by such movement the gear L, rigid with the day-wheel L, rotates the latter one-fourteenth of its circumference, the wheel L being divided into fourteen equal sections for the purpose heretofore specified.

An additional type Z,instrumental in printing a line or other mark in close proximity to the printing done by the type instrumental in printing the abbreviation or character indicative of the name of a day, is employed to distinguish the P. M., or last half of the day, from the A. M., or first half of the day, and in the case illustrated the wheels typebearing portions adapted to print characters indicative of the last halves of the days of the week are provided with said distinguishing type.

Having hereinbefore described the construction, arrangement, and the operation of the different recording-wheels, Iwill next refer to the key employed in actuating the striking platen or hammer and other mechanism of the machine and that bears type adapted to print upon the record-receiving strip and brought upon the printing-line in position for printing upon the insertion of the key. The key comprises a hollow cylinder or barrel M, made of any suitable metal or material, and a shaft on, that has suitable bearing within and is arranged longitudinally of the cylinder or barrel M. A handle or thumb-and-finger piece m is rigid with the forward end of shaft m, and a tongue or arm m projects laterally of and outwardly from shaft on through a lateral slot M (see Fig. VII) in cylinder or barrel M and is adapted to engage and operate mechanism of the ma chine, as will hereinafter appear, and the size of slot M circumferentially of cylinder or barrel M is large enough to accommodate the turning of the shaft the required distance. The forward plate A of the machine in line with the bore of the box 71 is provided with an opening A (see Fig. III) for the reception of the key, and said opening at the top and centrally is enlarged upwardly, as required to form a slot A for accommodating the location of the keys tongue or arm in upon the introduction of the key. Box 7b affords bearing for the cylinder or barrel M of the key, as shown in Fig. III, and said box extends forwardly into hole A of plate A and has its forward end supported from said plate. The forward end of box 7i is slotted laterally, as at 7?, (see Figs. I and III,) to accommodate the location and operation of the tongue or arm of the key. Cylinder or barrel M at its rear end and externally and at the upper side in the case illustrated has a beveled or flat surface M", that upon the introduction of the key into the machine engages the underside of a correspondingly-beveled or flat surface formed upon the under side of a lug it, pro jecting rearwardly of post H, (see Fig. 1H,) and said two opposing and beveled or flat surfaces hold member M stationary while accommodating the turning of the keys shaft m within and without effecting the rotation of said member M, as shown in Fig. XIII. The keys cylinder or barrel M is provided externally and at the lower side of its rear end in the case illustrated with a distinguishing-type M that is suitably arranged to be brought upon the printing-line when the key is introdced into the machine. A torsional spiral springm confined upon shaftm within barrel M, has its opposite ends attached to said barrel and shaft, respectively, and acts to retain the laterally-projecting tongue or arm of the shaft in its starting'or normal position. A collar 0 is loosely mounted upon box h at the rear side of said plate A, and said collars upper portion is provided with a slot or hole 0, arranged to receive the keys tongue or arm m upon the introduction of the key, and thereby establish operative connection between said arm or tongue and collar. Collar O at one side, and at the righthand side in the case illustrated, is provided with an outwardly-projecting arm 0 that at its outer end is provided with an antifrictionroller 0 Arm 0 overhangs the inner and free end of an arm P, formed upon the shaft P, that bears the striking platen or hammer R, and is arranged horizontally and extends forwardly and rearwardly between and is supported from plates A and B. Arm P extends inwardly from shaft P and is arranged, as already indicated, to be depressed by arm 0 of collar 0 upon turning said collar by means of the key in the direction required to lower said arm 0 and I would here remark that the depression or downward tilting of arm P and the resulting oscillation of shaft P is required to effect the operation of the striking platen or hammer and other mechanism, as will hereinafter more fully appear. Immediately upon turning the key preparatory to the operation of the striking platen or hammer the tongue or arm m of the key is moved out of a registering position relative to the slot through which it was introduced. To prevent the return of the key after having actuated arm 0 of collar 0 a certain distance, but not to the extent required to operate the striking platen or hammer and other mechanism operatively connected with arm P, I provide an upright dog or latch Q, (see Figs. LVIII, and IX,) pivoted at its lower end at Q at the rear side of plate A and below collar 0. Latch Q at its upper or free end terminates in a point, and said end is arranged to be engaged by notches O of the notched segment 0 formed upon the lower portion of said collar. A suit-ablysupported spring Q acts to retain latch Q in its normal position, in which the latch is approximately radial to the axis of said notched segment. Latch Q in its normal position has its pointed end extending inwardly across and beyond the path or sweep of the notched edge of segment 0 so that said latch when the arm 0 of collar 0 is tilted downwardly, as required to actuate arm P, and the said notched edge engages the latch is tilted to the left, and thereby effectually prevents the return movement of the key until the operation of the machine has been completed. The notched segment 0 projects outwardly beyond the adjacent portions of collar 0, and hence the latch will become disengaged from said segment as soon as the right-hand end of the latter has moved beyond the latch in the operation of the machine and be returned to its normal position by the spring Q, Whereupon the notched segment, and consequently collar 0 and the operating-key, are free to be returned to their normal position by the suitably-supported spring 0 and in the return of collar 0 to its normal position latch Q will by means of the notched segment be tilted in the opposite direction and necessitate the completion of the return movement of the operating-key. When the operating-key has been returned to its normal position preparatory to its withdrawal from the machine, latch Q has become disengaged from the left-hand end of the notched segment and is returned to its normal position by spring Q all as already shown in Figs. Iand VIII. The attachment of arm P to the shaft P is such that said arm will cause the shaft to oscillate during the arms depression, but has a limited independent movement in the opposite direction to accommodate the return of arm 0 and connected key-actuated collar to their normal position. For instance, arm P at its inner end terminates in a sleeve p,

(see Figs. II, VIII, and IX,) loosely mounted upon shaft P. Sleevep is slotted circumferentially, as at p. A lug or pin 19 upon the shaft engages said slot, and the arrangement of parts is such that an end wall of slot 13 will engage pin or lug p and oscillate the shaft upon tilting the arm downwardly; but the slot accommodates a limited movement of the arm independently of the shaft in the opposite direction. Arm O ,and consequently collar 0, are returned into their normal position by the action of a suitably-supported spring 0, (see Figs. I and IX,) that acts to retain said collar in its normal position. Two shoulders O and 0 formed upon .collar 0 a suitable distance apart, are arranged to engage opposite sides,-respectively, of a lug or projection A (see Figs. I, IV, and VIII,) formed upon the rear side of plate A. Shoulder 0 is arranged to prevent the movement of collar 0 beyond its normal position by spring 0 and shoulder O is arranged to come into engagement with member A upon completion of said arms movement that effects the downward tilting of arm P. Arm 0 therefore, when it is returned upwardly from its position below arm P after the downward actuation of said arm P comes into engagement with the lower side of the free end of arm P and thereupon elevates the latter far enough to permit it (arm 0 to return to its normal position. Shaft P centrally between plates A and B is provided with the inwardly-extending arm P (see Figs. I and 11,) whose inner end has the striking platen or hammer R horizontally pivoted thereto at r. The striking platen or hammer normally is arranged a suitable distance below the printing-line and is long enough to extend under the recording portions of the minutewheel, hour-wheel, day-wheel, and type on the operating-key and capable of striking the record-receiving strip and inking-ribbon against said recording-type-bearing members. The platen or hammer has an arm R, that is pivoted at r to arm P and a shoulder P formed upon the latter below arm R, limits the downward movement of the platen or hammer; but the latter is free to move upwardly independently of shaft-arm P 0011* sequently arm P is tilted downwardly during the downward tilting of arm P and is thereupon rendered free to be returned with arm P by the action of spring P The inertia of the platen or hammer when the return movements of arms P and P are suddenly stopped by means of the stop B causes the platen or hammer to remain in motion and ascend, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. I, and strike the record-receiving strip and inking-ribbon against the type-bearing members and effect the printing of the record upon said strip. The platen or hammer upon performing its function drops into its normal position, and the operation of the platen or hammer is not attended with a detrimental and objectionable jarring of the machine.

Stop 13 consists, preferably, in a projection formed upon the forward side of plateB and arranged to be engaged upon its under side by an inwardly-extending arm P of shaft P in the normal position of shaft-arms P and P as clearly shown in Figs. I, XI, and XII.

A bell S is attached to the rear side of plate l3, and the hammer S, arranged to sound the bell, is (see Figs. II, XI, and XII) horizontally pivoted at S to the inner end of shaftarm P". Said bell-hammer is arranged a suitable distance from the bell. A shoulder 1?, formed upon arm I at the inner end of the bell-hammer arm, is arranged to limit the downward movement of the bell-hammer; but the latter is free to tilt upwardly independently of shaft-arm I. Consequently when arm 1 is tilted downwardlyduring the downward tilting of arm I and is thereupon rendered free to be returned with arms P and P by the action of spring P the inertia of the bell-hammer when the return movements of said arms are suddenly stopped by means of stop B (see Figs. X and XI) will cause the bell-hammer to continue in motion and ascend and sound the bell. The bell-hammer immediately upon performing its function drops into its normal position.

It is well understood, of course, that the sounding of the bell informs the employee or operator that the operation of the machine has been satisfactorily completed.

Spring P has its opposite ends preferably attached to plate 13 and arm P respectively, and acts to retain shaft-arms P, P and P in their normal position, as clearly shown in Fig. X.

Referring again to the pair of feed-rollers, it will be observed that the upper feed-roller is operatively mounted upon the forwardly and rearwardly extending horizontal shaft 1 that is supported from plates A and B,and that the lower feed-ro1ler is operatively mounted upon a forwardly and rearwardly extending horizontal shaft 1, supported from a downwardly-tiltable frame 1 (see Figs. I, II, and IV,) thatis horizontally pivoted or hung, as at 1 to and between plates A and 13. Two suitably-applied spiral springs I (see Fig. 1X) are suitably attached to said frame and act to retain the lower feed-roller in contact with the upper feed-roller. The capability of the lower roller to separate from the upper roller is requisite to accommodate different thicknesses of record-receiving material. The two feed-rollers or roller-bearing shafts are intergeared with each other at l ,and it will of course be understood that there should not be a variation in the thickness of the record-receiving material sufficient to interfere with the operative connection between the two rollers. One of the roller-bearing shafts extends rearwardly of plate B and at the rear side of. said plate operatively bears a ratchet-wheel 1 that is engaged by a pawl P horizontally pivoted at P to shaft-arm P and the arrangement of parts is such that the pawl shall give the ratchet-wheel a partial turn upon the completion of the operation of the machine in the direction required to actuate the feed-rollers, and thereby feed the record-receiving strip so that said strip shall have a fresh space in position for the reception of the next record. By my improved feeding mechanism it is obvious that the record-receiving strip is uniformly fed. A suitably-supported spring P" acts to retain pawl P in engagement with the ratchet-wheel 1.

Each ribbon-druiii-supporting shaft at or near its forward end and at the rear side of plate A operatively bears a ratchet-wheel j, adapted to be engaged by a pawl '6, formed upon a vertically-swinging bar l,horizontally pivoted at its inner end at T to an upright arm or member U of a toothsector or mutilated gear U, that is horizontally pivoted to the rear side of plate A. Said gear or sector meshes with the corresponding tooth-sector or mutilated gear 0, formed upon the upper end of collar 0, as shown in Fig. IX. The pawl-bearing bar has two pawls oppositely arranged and adapted to engage and actuate the different ratchet wheels, respectively, and the arrangement of parts is such that operative connection is established between one of said pawls and one of the ribbon-drums upon swinging the pawl-bearing bar onto the ratchetwheel connected with said drum, and operative connection is established between the other pawl and the other ribbon-drum upon swinging or throwing the pawtbearing bar onto the ratchet-wheel connected with the last-mentioned drum. Hence when the ribbon has been wound upon one of the drums and it becomes necessary to reverse the direction of its movement, as required to wind the same upon the other drum, it is merely necessary to swing the pawl-bearing bar from the ratchet-wheel connected with the full drum to the ratchet-wheel connected with the other drum.

A pointer or indicator W, (see Figs. III and IV,) arranged at the forward side of plate A and pointing in the direction in which the pawl-bearing bar T extends, is operatively mounted upon a horizontal shaft W, journaled within said plate A a suitable distance above the key-receiving opening. Said shaft at the rear side of plate A has an arm W provided at or near its free end with a pin or member W (see also Fig. 1,) engaging a slot or hole U formed within and longitudinally of the pawl-bearing bar T. By this construction the pointer or indicator is operatively connected with the pawl-bearing bar and is actuated to the right or left, according as bar T is swung to the right or left. The slot in said pawl-bearing bar is of course long enough to accommodate the location of the engaging pin or member during the movement of said arm from its one position to the other. It will be observed, therefore, that the person who has charge of the machine is informed by a glance at the indicator or pointer in which direction he must turn or swing the pawl-bearing bar by means of said pointer or indicator when one of the ribbon-drums is full and the reversal of the ribbons movement is required.

What I claim is 1. In a time-recording machine, the combination of the horizontally-arranged shaft F; a continuously-rotating gear loosely mounted upon said shaft, said gear being provided with a lug or projecting memberf a weighted arm F fixed to said shaft; a disk F loosely mounted upon said shaft and having a lug or shoulder-f and provided upon or at its periphery with a pin orprojecting member F a minute-recording wheel having a horizontal axis; a gear operatively connected with the minute-wheel and meshing with the first-mentioned gear; an hour-recording wheel having its axis coincident with the minute-Wheel; a notched wheel operatively connected adjacent to and having its axis coincident with the hour-wheel and provided upon its periphery with notches or recesses Gr arranged at equal intervals, all arranged-and operating substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

2. In a time-recording machine, the combi nation of a horizontally-arranged shaft F; a suitably-operated rotating member F loosely mounted upon said shaft and provided with the lug or projecting memberf an hour- Wheeloperating disk or member F loose upon said shaft and provided with a lug or shoulder f*; a weighted arm F fixed upon said shaft, and means for controlling the time at which the aforesaid weighted arm commences to drop during each rotation of the weight-bearing arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a time-recording machine, the combination with an upright shaft E supported by frame O and rotated continuously when operated and provided with a bevel-gear E and the arm or member 6 below said gear; the horizontal shaft F; a bevel-gear F loosely mounted upon said last-mentioned shaft and meshing with the first-mentioned gear; a lug or member f rigid with and projecting laterally from said loosely-mounted gear; a Weighted arm F fixed upon said horizontal shaft; a collar F fixed upon the horizontal shaft below the gear upon the upright shaft, and provided with an outwardly-projecting arm or memberf and an hour-wheel-actuating disk or member 15 loosely mounted upon the horizontal shaft and provided with the lug or shoulder f all arranged and operating substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

4. In a time-recording machine, the combination with the suitably-rotated hour-recording wheel, a minute-wheel and a revolving pin or member 9 operatively connected with the hour wheel; of a suitably supported notched wheel K provided at its periphery and at equal intervals with notches or recesses arranged to be engaged successively by the aforesaid revolving pin or member, and a day-recording wheel suitably intergeared with said notched wheel and operatively connectedwith both the hour and minute wheels, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A time-recording machine, having a suitably-actuated minute-recording Wheel, a suitably-operated hour-recording wheel, and a day-recording wheel, all arranged adjacent to each other, and constructed and arranged to print upon one and the same printing-line, a notched wheel adjacent to the hour-wheel, a disk adjacent to the notched wheel, and mechanism for transmitting motion from the hourwheel to the day-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a time-recording machine, the combination of the forward plate A provided with a keyhole; a rear plate 13; frame 0 connecting together and bracing apart said plates at the top; means connecting together and bracing apart said plates at the bottom; an upright post II near the rear side of the forward plate and secured at its upper end to the aforesaid frame; a forwardly and rearwardly extending and horizontally-arranged rod or pin 9 supported from said post and rear plate; suitably-operated recording-wheels loosely mounted upon said pin or rod and arranged to print upon one and the same line; an operating-key comprising, in addition to a cylinder or barrel having a flattened or beveled surface, a shaft capable of oscillation within said barrel or cylinder and provided with means for operating certain mechanism of the machine; a box formed upon the lower end of the aforesaid post and arranged to re ceive and afford bearing for the barrel or cylinder of the key, and furthermore so arranged that the type upon said cylinder or barrel shall be brought upon the printing-line upon the introduction of the key and a lug or member formed upon the rear side of said post in position to be engaged by the aforesaid beveled or flattened surface of the key upon the latters introduction, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a time-recording machine, the combination with the shaft P, a suitably-operated shaft-arm P rigidly secured to said shaft and tiltable in an upright plane; means for preventing upward movement of said arm in the arms normal position, of a striking platen or hammer suitably pivoted to the free end of the shaft-arm, and means for limiting the downward movement of the hammer or platen independently of the shaft-arm, said platen or hammer being capable of tilting upwardly independently of the shaft-arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a time-recording machine, the combi nation of the two plates A and B arranged a suitable distance apart; the suitably-operated horizontally-arranged shaft P supported from said plates and provided centrally between said plates with the inwardly-extending hammer-bearing arm P rigidly secured IIO to said shaft, and provided, at the forward side of the rear plate, with an inwardly-extending arm P a projection formed upon the forward side of said rear plate and having its under side engaged by the last-mentioned shaft-arm in the shafts normal posi' tion, and a spring acting to retain the shaft in itsnormal position, substantially as set forth.

9. In a time-recording machine, the combination of the shaft-arm P tiltable in an upright plane; the bell-sounding hammer horizontally pivoted to the free end of said arm and capable of tilting upwardly independently of the arm; means for preventing the tilting of the bell-hammer downwardly independently of the arm; means for preventing an upward tilting of said arm. in the latters normal position, and a spring acting to retain the arm in its normal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

10. In a time-recording machine, the combination of the bell; the bell-sounding hammer suitably arranged below the bell and free to tilt upwardly; a suitably-operated vertically-tilting shaft-arm P bearing the bellhammer and provided with a shoulder I suitably arranged to prevent downward tilting of the hammer independently of the shaftarm, means for preventing upward tilting of the shaft-arm when the latter is in its normal position, and a spring acting to retain the shaft-arm in its normal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

11. In a time-recording machine, the combination with a suitably-supported shaft having an arm that bears the striking platen or hammer and provided with another arm; of a key-actuated oscillating collar or member provided with an arm arranged to actuate the shafts last-mentioned arm and thereby oscillate the shaft in the direction required to cause the hammer or platen to deliver its blow, and means acting to retain the shaft and its members in their normal position, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination of the horizontally-arranged shaft P having rigidly secured thereto an inwardly-extending arm which carries the striking platen or hammer, and provided with another and inwardly extending arm forwardly of the hammer-bearing arm; of a keyactuated oscillating collar or member provided with an arm normally overhanging the outer end of the forward arm of said shaft P, a spring acting to retain said shaft and arms in their normal position, and means for pre venting the oscillation of said members by said spring beyond their normal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. The combination with the horizontallyarranged shaft Phavin g an inwardly-extending arm that bears the striking platen or harm mer, and provided with another and inwardlycxtending arm forwardly of the ham mer-bearing arm, and the key-actuated oscillating collar or member 0 having an arm 0 that overhangs the free end of the shafts forward arm, and having the notched segment 0*; of the pivoted latch Q, and the spring Q all arranged and operating substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

It. In a time-recording machine, the combination with the forward plate A provided with an opening for the introduction of the operating-key; a rear plate 13, and a horizontally-arranged shaft P supported from said plates and provided with the hammer-bearing arm and another arm arranged forwardly of the hammer-bearing arm; of a key-actuated collar or member arranged in line with the keyhole and provided with a slot or hole for receiving the operating tongue or arm of the key, and provided, furthermore, with an arm overhanging, in its normal position, the free end of the forward shaft-arm, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

15. In a time-recording machine, the combination with the forward plate or wall A provided with an opening for the introduction of the operating-key; a striking platen or hammer, and mechanism operatively con nected with said platen or hammer; of the key-actuated collar or member arranged in. line with the keyhole and provided with a slot or hole arranged to receive the operating tongue or arm of the key, and provided, furthermore, with an arm arranged to be brought into engagement with and actuate the afore said mechanism upon turning the collar in the required direction, means for limiting the oscillation of the key-actuated member, and means acting to retain the key-actuated member in its normal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. In a time-recording machine, the com bination with the forward plate or wall A prpvided with an opening for the introduction of the operating-key; a striking platen or hammer, and mechanism operatively connected with said platen or hammer; of the key-actuated collar or member at the rear of the afore said plate or wall and provided with a slot or hole arranged to receive the operating tongue or arm of the key, and provided, furthermore, with an arm overhanging and arranged to actuate the aforesaid mechanism upon turning the collar in the required direction; a lug or member A rigid with and projecting rearwardly from the aforesaid plate or wall; and the two shoulders formed upon the key-actuated collar a suitable distance apart, and arranged to engage opposite sides, respectively, of said lug or projection, and a spring acting to retain the collar in its normal position, all arranged substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

17. I11 a time-recording machine, the combination with the two rollers for feeding the record-receiving strip, said rollers being illtergeared with each other and arranged horizontally, the one above the other; of a suitably-operated oscillating shaft arranged horizontally below the feed-rollers and provided ICC) with an inwardly-extending arm P and a suitably-arranged pawl and ratchet-wheel for actuating the rollers intermittently, said ratchet-wheel being operatively connected with one of the rollers, said pawl being horizontally pivoted to the aforesaid shaft-arm, substantially as shown and described.

18. In a time-recording machine, the combination with the forward plate A; the rear plate B, and two horizontally-arranged ribbon-winding drums suitably supported from and between said plates; of two ratchetwheels operatively connected with the different drums, respectively, and arranged in suitable proximity to the rear side of the forward plate; a longitudinally-slotted bar arranged at the rear side of the forward plate and having two pawls for operatively engaging the different ratchet-wheels, respectively, and capable of being swung from out of operative connection with one of the ratchet-wheels into operative connection with the other ratchet-wheel; means for actuating said bar in the direction required to feed the ratchetwheel operatively connected therewith; a pointer or indicator arranged on the front face of the forward plate adjacent to the pawl-bearing bar; a short shaft journaled in said plate and operatively connected with the indicator or pointer, and said shaft, at the rear side of said plate, being provided with an arm that at its outer end, is provided with a member engaging the slot in the pawl-bearing bar, substantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

19. In a time-recording machine, the combination of a ribbon-winding dru m,a suitablysupported toothed sector or mutilated gear, a ratchet-wheel operativeiy connected with said drum, a pawl engaging said wheel and operatively connected with the aforesaid gear or sector, and another and key-actuated mutilated gear or'toothed sector meshing with the first-mentioned gear or sector, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 24th day of October, 1896.

EDWVARD G. HEENE.

Witnesses:

O. H. DORER, ELLA E. TILDEN. 

